Welcome to www.world-gates.ca, a website and service that is owned and
operated by Averou Immigration Services (the “Website”). The
following Terms and Conditions of Use (“TOU”) along with our privacy policy
located at www.world-gates.ca/privacypolicy/ govern your access
and use of the Website, including any content, functionality and services
offered on or through the Website. The Site’s Privacy Policy is incorporated
into these Terms of Use by reference and is made a part hereof.
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE
By using the Website and the services offered thereof, you
agree to be bound by all terms and conditions contained in the TOU. If you do not agree with the terms and
conditions of the TOU at any time, you will discontinue your use of www.world-gates.ca.
By
using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are the legal age of
majority under applicable law; if not, you must not access or use the Website.
We reserve the right to
update or revise the TOU at our discretion and without notice. You are responsible for checking the TOU
periodically for any changes. You can review the most current version of the
TOU at any time at < www.world-gates.ca/TOU/>. If you continue to use the Website and
services following the posting of any changes to the TOU, you agree to be bound
by these changes.
In addition, when using
particular services offered through the Website, you shall be subject to any
posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted
from time to time. All such guidelines
or rules are also hereby incorporated by reference into the TOU.
The material that appears on the Website is
for informational purposes only. Despite our efforts to provide useful and
accurate information, errors may appear from time to time. Before purchasing any
of the products and/or services that you have read about on the Website,
you should confirm any information (including the price) that is important to
your purchasing decision.
We reserve the right to deny use of this website
to anyone who does not comply with these requirements or who otherwise uses
this website in a manner that we deem inappropriate.
You understand and agree that the products and services
are provided “AS-IS” and “WHERE-IS”, and that we do not assume any responsibility for the condition, timeliness
or non-delivery of products and/or services.
2. CUSTOMERS/BUYERS
By browsing or
searching the products and/or services that have been posted on the www.world-gates.ca
website, you are designating yourself as a “Customer” and/or “Buyer”.
Buyers are entities that are potentially interested in purchasing one of the
products and/or services that have been posted on the www.world-gates.ca website.
3. Online Shopping Terms and Conditions
All orders and purchases made through this website are subject to the following:
§ Prices
for our products and/or services are subject to change without notice.
§ We
shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price
change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
§ We
reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the sales of our products or
Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this
right on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to limit the quantities of
any products or services that we offer. All descriptions of products or product
pricing are subject to change at any time without notice, at the sole
discretion of us. We reserve the right to discontinue any product at any time.
Any offer for any product or service made on this site is void where
prohibited.
§ Certain
products or services may be available exclusively online through the Website.
§ All
orders are subject to review and acceptance by www.world-gates.ca. As all prices
are subject to change, your order may not be accepted or we may have to
communicate price changes or availability issues to you after you place your
order.
§ Your
receipt of an electronic or other form of order confirmation does not signify
our acceptance of your order, nor
does it constitute confirmation of our offer to sell.
§ www.world-gates.ca reserves the right at any time after receipt of your order to accept
or decline your order for any reason. www.world-gates.ca reserves the right at any time
after receipt of your order, without prior notice to you, to supply less than
the quantity you ordered of any item.
§ You
agree to pay for all charges noted herein as payable by you. All prices
listed on this website are in Canadian dollars and all charges will be
processed in Cdn. dollars.
§ All
prices listed on this Website are subject to confirmation. We will notify you
by email or other means within 2 business days of making a purchase if the confirmed price of
an item or service you have selected differs from the price listed on the
website or on your purchase order. If you do not receive an email or notice
within 2 business
days of completing a purchase order, www.world-gates.ca
is deemed to have confirmed the purchase at the price listed. If you
receive such notification, the sale will be automatically terminated unless you
reply by email with confirmation of your intention to purchase the item at the
confirmed price
§ You
may only purchase or order items for non-commercial and lawful purposes and any
other use is not permitted.
§ Minors under the age of
eighteen are not eligible to use the services provided though this website,
register for any accounts or make any purchases.
§ www.world-gates.ca reserves the right to limit the quantities, of
items which you, your family or any group can purchase, to reject, correct,
cancel or refuse orders, and to determine accounts in its discretion including,
without limitation, if we believe that customer conduct contravenes applicable
law or is harmful to the interests of www.world-gates.ca . or its representatives,
agents, contractors, suppliers or licensees.
§ www.world-gates.ca will use commercially reasonable efforts to
deliver items/services as quickly as possible and within time periods
indicated; however, we will not be responsible for any delays
in delivery which are beyond its control. Where delivery is delayed, we
will notify you as soon as possible.
§ All
sales are final for online E-courses offered through www.world-gates.ca . No refunds are issued for online
courses once a sale is completed. The supplies and props used for any exercises
instructed are not included in the purchasing price of the E-course.
§ If
any item/service listed or shown for purchase through the website is no longer
available in inventory, www.world-gates.ca will display a warning message
to alert consumers. Where an item is temporarily out of stock and www.world-gates.ca expects to continue to selling it, the website
will display an “Out of Stock” message. For items that are
being discontinued or may be discontinued pending a review, the website will
display either a “Discontinued” or an “Out of Stock”
message. Www.world-gates.ca has
inventory tracking enabled, so you can see if the item is in stock and also
approximately how many items are available for purchase. It is possible for this functionality to not
display correctly or for the inventory count to be off. Www.world-gates.ca
reserves the right to cancel any
orders or correct inventory levels as required.
§ In
order to protect you and www.world-gates.ca
from fraudulent transactions, we may
provide your transaction-related information to a reputable third party
organization to perform an address verification. This address verification is
intended to ensure that the “bill to” address that you provide
matches your credit card address. Www.world-gates.ca also
reserves the right, at its discretion, not to ship items ordered or purchased
on this Website to certain addresses. In the event that Www.world-gates.ca chooses
not to ship an item, you will be notified by email and any amount charged to
your credit card will be refunded.
4. Not Legal Advice
The Content and
Services offered through this Website is for educational purposes and it is not
intended to be a substitute for professional legal advice or legal immigration
services. Our E-course is intended for people who wish to learn about general
areas of immigration regulations.
However, we make no representations, guarantees or warranties that the
information or exercises in our E-course is appropriate for you or will result
in achieving your desired outcome from any immigration application that you
might have with any government bodies.
The information in our E-course is by no means complete or exhaustive
and therefore does not apply to all conditions, immigration issues and all classes
of immigration. The information and
instruction in this E-course are not intended to be legal or professional
advice. Any reference to or mention of
any samples or templates are for the sole purpose of giving the user a better
understanding of the documents in questions and shall not be taken as an
exhaustive or perfect sample.
5. Privacy Policy
Registration Data and certain
other information about you are subject to our Privacy Policy. For more
information, see our full privacy policy at: < www.www.world-gates.ca /privacypolicy/>.
6. Www.world-gates.ca CONTENT
You understand that all materials contained in the Site, including
without limitation all images, text, illustrations, designs, icons,
photographs, programs, and written and other materials that are distributed
with this Site and all the products available on the Site, are the intellectual
property owned, controlled or licensed by Averou Immigration Services, its
affiliates or are owned by third parties and appear in the Site with the
permission of their respective owners. Accordingly, such materials are
protected by law, including but not limited to Canadian and United States
copyright, patent, trade secret, trade dress and trademark law, as well as
other state, national, and international laws and regulations. Averou
Immigration Services and its affiliates and licensors expressly reserve all
intellectual property rights in all text, programs, products, processes,
technology, content, and other materials that appear on this Site. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions of Use, access by
You to this Site does not confer any license under any of Averou Immigration
Services’ or any third party’s intellectual property rights. The compilation
(meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Site
is the exclusive property of Averou Immigration Services and is also protected
by Canadian and United States and international copyright law. You agree not to
copy, modify, adapt, reproduce (except as noted above), publish, translate,
distribute, transmit, display, reverse engineer, decompile, create derivative
works from, sell or participate in the sale of, dissemble or in any way exploit
any aspect of the Site. Please be aware that Averou Immigration Services
actively and aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the
fullest extent of the law.
Under no circumstances will Www.world-gates.ca
be liable in any way for any
Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any
Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use
of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available through
the Service. Any opinions,
advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed
or made available by third parties, including information providers, users are
those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Www.world-gates.ca
.
You acknowledge and understand that you are solely responsible for the
retrieval and use of the Content, transactions, products or services available
on or through the Service. You should
apply your own judgment in making use of the Content, including, without
limitation, the use of the Content as the basis for any conclusions or for the
sale or purchase of any products or services or other transactions.
7. THIRD PARTY CONTENT
The Service may provide links to other websites or
resources. Because Www.world-gates.ca has no control over such websites and
resources, you acknowledge and agree that Www.world-gates.ca
is not responsible for the availability
of such external websites or resources, and does not endorse and is not
responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other
materials on or available from such websites or resources. You further
acknowledge and agree that Www.world-gates.ca
shall not be responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to have been
caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content,
goods or services available on or through any such website or resource.
8. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or
participation in the promotions of, sellers, dealers and advertisers found on or
through Www.world-gates.ca including payment and delivery of related
goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or
representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such
Seller or Advertiser. You agree that Www.world-gates.ca
shall not be responsible or liable
for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings
or as the result of the presence of such Sellers or Advertisers on the Service.
9. MONITORING
You acknowledge
that Www.world-gates.ca does not pre-screen all Content, but that Www.world-gates.ca and its designees shall have the right (but
not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content
that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Www.world-gates.ca and its designees shall have the right to
remove any Content that violates the TOU or is otherwise objectionable. You
agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of
any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not
rely on any Content created by Www.world-gates.ca
or submitted to Www.world-gates.ca .
You acknowledge and agree that Www.world-gates.ca may
preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or
in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably
necessary to: (a) comply with a legal process; (b) enforce the TOU; (c) respond
to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect
the rights, property, or personal safety of Www.world-gates.ca , its users and the public.
10. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
Www.world-gates.ca reserves
the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without
notice. You agree that Www.world-gates.ca
shall not be liable to you or to any
third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
11. TERMINATION OF ACCESS
You agree that Www.world-gates.ca
, in its sole discretion, may terminate use of the Service, and remove and
discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without
limitation if Www.world-gates.ca believes that you have violated or acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOU. Www.world-gates.ca may also
in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or
any part thereof, with or without notice. Further, you agree that Www.world-gates.ca shall not be liable to you or any third-party
for any termination of your access to the Service.
12. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Www.world-gates.ca , and its parent company, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees,
harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any
third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make
available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the
Service, your violation of the TOU, or your violation of any rights of another.
13. NO RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell
or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the
Service, or access to the Service. Additionally, you agree not to engage in any
type of data scraping, copying including mass copying, or spidering with
regards to this site.
14. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge
and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with
the Services (“Software”) contain proprietary and confidential
information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other
laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor
advertisements or information presented to you through the Service or
advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or
other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Www.world-gates.ca or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent,
lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service
or the Software, in whole or in part.
Www.world-gates.ca grants
you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the
object code of its Software on a single computer, provided that you do not (and
do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of,
reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source
code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise
transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any
manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software, including, without
limitation, for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service.
You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the
interface that is provided by Www.world-gates.ca
for use in accessing the Service.
15. TRADE-MARK INFORMATION
Www.world-gates.ca , and other Averou Immigration Services brand names and logos are trade-marks
of Averou Immigration Services All other
company names, brand names and logos used on Www.world-gates.ca are the
trademarks of their respective owners.
You agree not to display or use in any manner any of the trade-marks
without express written permission from Www.world-gates.ca
or the trade-mark owner.
16. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
The Content on Www.world-gates.ca
is protected by various copyright
laws. You agree not to reproduce,
republish or redistribute any Content, including, but not limited to, caching,
framing and similar means, without express written permission of the copyright
owner. If you believe that your work has
been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your
intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please notify us
immediately.
20. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You expressly
understand and agree that your use of this Website is at your sole risk. The
Products offered through this Website are provided on an “As Is” and “As
Available” basis. Www.world-gates.ca expressly
disclaims all warranties, representations and conditions of any kind, whether
express or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties,
representations and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose and non-infringement. Www.world-gates.ca
makes no warranties, representation
or conditions that the quality of any products, services, information or other
material purchased or obtained by you through the Website will meet your
requirements or expectations, and any defects or errors will be corrected.
21. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event shall www.world-gates.ca,
Averou Immigration Services, its directors, officers, employees, affiliates, successors
or assigns or other representatives be liable, whether in contract, warranty,
tort (including negligence, whether active, passive or imputed), product
liability, strict liability or other theory, to you or any other person for any
damages (including, without limitation, any direct, indirect, incidental,
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages) arising out of or in
connection with any use of, inability to use, or results or use of, this
Internet Site or any Content on this Internet Site, even if www.world-gates.ca
or its representative
has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If you are dissatisfied
with this Internet Site and the content thereon, or the terms and conditions,
your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue use of this site.
Www.world-gates.ca is
not responsible for late, lost, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or stolen
messages or mail, unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete, garbled
or delayed computer transmissions, online failures, hardware, software or other
technical malfunctions or disturbances or any other communications failures or
circumstances affecting, disrupting or corrupting communications.
Www.world-gates.ca assumes no responsibility, and shall not be
liable, for any damages to, or any viruses affecting your computer equipment or
other property on account of your access to or use of this website or your
downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio from this
website.
22. INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree
to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content.
Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the
transmission of technical data exported from Canada or the country in which you
reside.
23. NO AGENCY
You and www.world-gates.ca
are independent contractors, and no
agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by this TOU.
24. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The Terms and your use of the Website shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of
Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. You hereby expressly
consent to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the
Province of Ontario in the city of Toronto, for any legal proceeding arising
out of or relating to the Terms of Use or your use of the Website.
26. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOU
constitutes the entire agreement between you and www.world-gates.ca and
govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you
and www.world-gates.ca . You also
may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use
affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software.
You and www.world-gates.ca expressly exclude the application of the United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the
Sale of Goods Act (Ontario), as amended, replaced or re-enacted from
time to time.
The Service and
the Content are not to be construed as any form of recommendation, promotion,
endorsement, or an offer to sell any product or service, by or to enter any
transaction with www.world-gates.ca .
27. Contact
Information
If you have any questions about the information
above, the practices of the Website, or your dealings with the Website, you can
contact: sales@www.world-gates.ca .
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This
Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is intended to comply with Canada’s Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, SC 2000,
c.5 (“PIPEDA”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This Policy
applies to all visitors to <world-gates.ca> (the “Website”), and by using
our Website, you are agreeing to all the terms and conditions of our privacy
policy.
“Personal
information” means information about an identifiable individual, but does not
include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee
of an organization. This includes name,
residential address, email address, telephone number, banking information, and
information about what you browse or purchase, or Services you engage while on
our Website, and also includes credit card information and payment information.
In
order to fulfill requests for personal information records, to correct
information as described below, or to answer any questions individuals may have
about the information we collect and how we use or disclose it, we have
designated a Chief Privacy Officer. All
privacy-related inquiries should be directed in writing to the Chief Privacy
Officer at the address below.
All
inquiries will be responded to within thirty (30) days from the date on which
our Chief Privacy Officer has received the inquiry, and any response will
comply with applicable law.
Averou Immigration
Services
c/o:
Chief Privacy Officer
[insert
address]
You
can also send an email to [insert email address]
with
the subject line “ATTN: Chief Privacy Officer”.
If
we do not satisfactorily answer your question, you have the right to raise the
issue with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or with the provincial privacy
commissioner in your province.
If
you have any questions about our privacy policy, we encourage you to contact
us.
Personal information is information that
identifies you on an individual basis and that you would reasonably expect to
be kept private and includes such information as your name, date of birth,
phone number and email address. Although
you are required to enter such information for purchasing a product or creating
an account, many areas of our site are available to you without the provision
of any user information. Nevertheless, our policy is to only collect personal
information that you knowingly, voluntarily and specifically provide to
us. On our Website, we will request that
you provide personal information, such as your name, a residential address, an
email address and a phone number. We
may use your personal information to improve the services we offer you.
As User of our site, you may also be asked to
provide information when you fill out our purchase order form and/or registration
form to create an account. The information that we may request will include
your name, address, credit card information, including the cardholder’s name,
credit card number and expiry date, and/or similar information.
We may also collect anonymous information, such as
your IP address, referral data and browser type and language, for system
administration purposes and to improve the quality of our services.
We do not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose
any Personal Information regarding our users to any third party unless it is
necessary to carry out your purchase and/or you first provide us with your
express consent. For the purpose of
processing and fulfilling your order, your personal information will be shared
with third parties that may include, but are not limited to, a secure shopping
cart provider, a credit card or payment processing company, an address
verification company for protection against fraudulent credit card usage, a
third party fulfilment center, a courier company or postal service for package
delivery. Additionally, we may disclose personal or anonymous information
without your consent if:
I.
we are ordered to do so by
a legal process, such as a court order or a subpoena;
II.
there is a need to protect
our proprietary rights;
III.
there is a need to protect
the safety of other users of this service.
We may also share general statistical information regarding the use of our
Website with our affiliates and advertisers.
Your
knowledge and consent are required for the collection, use or disclosure of
your personal information unless explicitly provided otherwise by our Privacy
Policy for the purpose of processing and fulfilling your order.
When
you become a member of our Services, or use our online system, you consent to the
use of your personal information for the purposes listed above.
You
may refuse or withdraw your consent at any time; however, we may not then be
able to provide you with our full range of Services. We will tell you upon request what impact a
decision to withdrawn your consent will have on our ability to provide you with
our Services. For information on
withdrawing your consent, please contact our Chief Privacy Officer.
Additionally, you can-opt out of receiving product update emails by clicking on
the opt-out link.
We make every attempt to
limit the collection of personal information to that which is necessary for our
business purposes, many of which are listed above. We do not indiscriminately or deceptively
collect personal information. If you
ever have any concerns in this regard, we encourage you to contact our Chief
Privacy Officer.
Personal information
shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was
collected, except with your consent or as required by law. Personal information shall be retained only
as long as necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes. Personal information is stored in a secure
facility until such time as it is no longer required, after which it is
securely destroyed according to applicable data destruction standards.
We
strive to maintain your personal information as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as
is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.
We have implemented technology and security features
to help safeguard personal information from unauthorized access or improper use
and to protect the financial transactions conducted on our Website. We will continue to enhance our security
features as new technology becomes available. You should recognize,
however, that no computer system is fully secure and that there are inherent
risks associated with Internet transactions. To make sure you have the latest
security features on your browser, you may want to download the most recent
version of your favorite browser, which should have full SSL support. We take reasonable security precautions to
secure the personal information that you choose to provide us against loss,
misuse, alteration or unauthorized access of such information. Unfortunately,
no transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely
secure. It may be possible for third parties not under our control to intercept
or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. While we strive
to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security
of any personal information you transmit to us. Any such transmission is done
at your own risk.
We strive to be open
about our privacy policies and have created this privacy policy to help explain
our policies and practices with respect to individuals’ information. If you have any questions about our policies,
please contact our Chief Privacy Officer at the addresses below.
You
have the right to know of the existence, use, and disclosure of any personal
information we may have collected about you, and we would be happy to provide
you with this information upon written request to our Chief Privacy Officer.
You
are able to challenge the accuracy
and completeness of the information and, if it is determined that your
information is inaccurate, we will amend it as appropriate.
“Cookies” are a feature of every Internet
software browser and are used to collect anonymous information and track how
web site users use those sites. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on
the hard disk drive of your computer by a web site. The first time you visit a
Website, cookies are sent to your computer’s browser and then stored in your
computer’s hard drive. Cookies enable
your browser to be recognized when it visits our web site, which can be useful
for saving preferences, remembering your account number, and other similar
Services. The use of cookies is an industry standard and many major browsers
are initially set up to accept them.
Most
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Dated/Updated: 2022/03/09